Jennifer Otter-Bickerdike
You Are Beautiful and You Are Alone
Allen & Unwin Publishing (2021)
1966 saw the first incarnation of Velvet Underground serenaded by the deep alto wails of Nico and resulting in more of a performative shock value prank than a musical act. From the get go it was clear that what Nico brought to the table fundamentally altered the DNA of Velvet Underground and added an idiosyncratic melange of melancholy, gloomy glamour … Read more
Paul Morley
From Manchester with Love: The Life and Opinions of Tony Wilson
Allen & Unwin Publishing (2021)
Tony Wilson was known for many things, e.g. being TV presenter, enfant terrible, entrepreneur, founder of the immensely successful Factory Records label and essentially an inspiring cultural catalyst and trailblazer at the centre of a myriad of creative networks, without whom genre-coining bands like Joy Division, Happy Mondays and New Order would have not had a veritable launchpad. Needless to … Read more
